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Rules on linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls can be issued soon; sharing details voluntary: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra

“It will be voluntary. But sufficient reason will have to be given by voters for not giving their Aadhaar numbers,” the Chief Election Commissioner said

The Hindu

Plea on hate speech: SC permits petitioner to implead Election Commission as party

New Delhi The Supreme Court Friday permitted a petitioner, who is seeking direction to the Centre

The Hindu

Bypoll to Odisha Rajya Sabha seat on June 13: Election Commission

The Odisha seat fell vacant after the resignation of Biju Janata Dal MP Subhash Chandra Singh

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Rajiv Kumar to take over as Chief Election Commissioner on May 15

Rajiv Kumar has been a member of the three-person Election Commission of India since September 1, 2020.

The Hindu

BJP inches closer to gaining majority in Council with polls round the corner

With 37 members, the BJP is one short of a simple majority in the 75-member Upper House

The Hindu

Centre-State relation like that of Russia-Ukraine: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren

Hemant Soren has been asked to furnish a reply to the Election Commission as to why he should not be disqualified for holding an "office of profit" by granting a mining lease in his favour.

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HC orders status quo for six weeks on conduct of local bodies polls in Puducherry

Directs Government of Puducherry and the election commission in the U.T. union territory to file their counter affidavits

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Two Rajya Sabha by-polls on May 30

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday announced by-polls to two Rajya Sabha seats — one e

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Karnataka: Basavaraj Horatti meets Amit Shah

Basavaraj Horatti is likely to step down as the Legislative Council chairman in the second week of May, and officially join the BJP where he could be given a party ticket for Karnataka West Teachers constituency

The Hindu

Election Commission notice to Hemant Soren over office-of-profit charge

Notice pertains to charge against him for allotment of a mining lease in his name last year

The Hindu

Tunisia president unwilling to compromise as democracy fears grow

President Kais Saied rejects calls for dialogue with the opposition, a week after appointing a new election commission.

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Enforcement Directorate summons T.T.V. Dhinakaran again

It relates to a case of bribery involving an Election Commission official

The Hindu

Have no powers, up to voters to decide if freebies offered by political party are viable: Election Commission

The Election Commission of India cannot regulate State policies, it told the Supreme Court which is hearing a plea seeking a ban on freebies

The Hindu

Process initiated to amend criminal laws, Kiren Rijiju tells Rajya Sabha

“Against 387 vacancies in various High Courts, 168 proposals are at various stages of processing”

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We should be aware that our democracy is turning into autocracy: Krishna Byre Gowda

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Parliament panel seeks views of Govt, EC on Regional Commissioners for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi Asserting that the Election Commission (EC) should have optimum manpower, a parliamentary

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Lok Sabha updates March 25, 2022

House passes Finance Bill 2022.

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Act against 'attacks' on religious minorities: journalists

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Punjab Assembly poll results: Amarinder Singh loses from Patiala

Punjab Lok Congress Party chief and two-time chief minister Amarinder Singh lost from Patiala Urban by a margin of 19,873 votes to Aam Aadmi Party’s Ajit Pal Singh Kohli according to Assembly poll results declared by the Election Commission on Thursday.

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Assembly poll results: EC withdraws blanket ban on victory processions

After taking stock of the COVID-19 situation in states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, the Election Commission of India has decided to relax the guidelines on victory processions during and after the counting and has withdrawn the banket ban on victory procession.

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Assembly poll results: Voters ne rakhee Mann, Punjab hua AAP ka

Celebrations kicked off at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party's Chief Ministeral's candidate Bhagwant Mann with early trends from the Assembly polls counting shows AAP crossing halfway mark in Punjab, according to the Election Commission website.

The Hindu

U.P. Election Results 2022 live updates | BJP poised to return; Yogi Adityanath breaks the ‘Noida jinx’

Live updates on results of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, which was held in seven phases.

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Sira 'to face criminal suit by EC' over poll

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to file a criminal suit against Sira Jenjaka, a former Palang Pracharath Party MP for Bangkok, in connection with a previous conviction of fraud, says a source in the EC.

The Hindu

Let counting of votes go on as per established practice, says Supreme Court

Election Commission is following apex court judgment, it says

The Hindu

U.P. polls | 24-hour campaigning ban for BJP MLA for Model Code of Conduct violation

The Election Commission order stated that Raghvendra Pratap Singh’s speech on February 19 during a public gathering in the constituency was ‘utterly irresponsible, provocative and threatening in nature’

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